Yep much to do about nothing. Fear brains.

"immathewj- the country was undeniably in FAR better shape under him than the guy that’s there now,"
Really? I certainly deny it. The previous incumbent made your country into a laughing stock in the world. It will take a while to recover the reputation.

+10 @laoman !

The rest of the world has always LOVED American presidents they can take advantage of. Enough said.

Anyway, this discussion should be deleted by the administration as it has become nothing but a political football. Nothing to do with audio. Sigh.

We live in a free market economy, so the US president doesn't have much say over the price of vacuum tubes or gasoline, and I prefer it that way.

As for the price of tubes, my local audio dealer is holding the line on prices since he doesn't want to piss off loyal customers to make a few extra bucks in the short term. Seems like good sense to me, and its one of the things that will continue to earn him my business over internet resellers.